I have a level 40 Dru on Tunare, and I got this for him at level 35 in the bazaar for 100pp. Looking at the rest of these posts, I got a **** of a deal. Just goes to show what a little patience can do for you when buying something. I will admit that it took me two days of shopping before I got the price I wanted, But it was worth the wait! As a Druid, I don't hit too well in melee fights, but I find this to be an Excellent item to have for those difficult times just before I ding to a new spell level. The old spells are not always enough to do the job, But this has saved my bacon more than once.

Can I get this thing at lvl 38? i just dinged, and I have a 31 warrior friend who wants to help me. Would we be ok, or would i be better off alone? Or should i just stay the **** away from him for now?

You must have went during a ring war or something. Firbrand the Black spawns about 1 out of every 10 blacksmith and 1 out of every 10 times he has this. During ring war he is always up and always has this!

In my year of EQ life, today was the wrost day ever. I got two dark embers stolen from me, for those of you keeping score at home thats 3kpp gone in one day.

The frist was to someone i was PLing. He was using a Veilum Warhammer so i lent him my Dark Ember while i was PLing him. Halfway through he asked to trade hammers, i resisting laughing and said id rather keep mine. Anyway druing a short med break, he loged with my hammer.

After that i went back to Eastern Wastes to get a new one. Anyway after waiting four hours for FirBrand to pop, i get ready to cast harmony, and BAM KSed.

The moral of this story is not to trust newbies and make sure you annoce when your camping something

i did something like that before i had 1 weapon on my char and in bank i let a newbie use it he went ld and never said anyting i when through 3HOURS before i asked a good friend of mine to get me 800PP to get a dark ember

Way to go there STUPID ! How about letting me hold all of you plat you have in the bank while you switch chars ....*snikers* Anyone who has played EQ (even newbies) know Trust must be earned NEVER let someone hold something you cant aford to loose and you ALWAYS announce your camps...and BTW ksing is only considered once a target HAS been enguaged NOT almost or about to ....So sorry about your bad luck....PS I will sell you my Dark Ember I got right before this guy thought he was going to drop him. Man he was mad too , said something about casting harmony and I was a kill stealer.

The only people I would ever PL are guildies or people that I know IRL. Coincidentally, those two groups are also the only two I would EVER loan gear or cash to. Did the lyin theivin *&#$% fit into either of those two categories? If not, what were you doin givin him your gear?!?!?!

After spending some time wearing a dress and playing with dolls, I decided to drop the wussy image and start getting fierce. Got a Netherbian Chitin to swap out with my Crystal Covered Shroud (stats are worse except for the AC, and fire resist) got me a Charred Guardian shield and this baby. WOW! I'd been working up my melee skills with a Velium Etched mace then switched to this. Granted it's a bit slow, but I'm hitting for 25-30 a pop and with haste buffs, I'm almost doing viable melee damage. It procs like mad which is a nice little bonus. The stats kick *** and overall I'm VERY happy with this (I paid 500pp for the DE and a Goblin Soulcaller neckpiece to a guildie)

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Hey, great. I'll go look for you. Oh wait, maybe you're on a different server. Also, you probably won't be on at the same time. Hopefully, you are able to sense my sarcasm. You will be very unlikely to get one of these by posting this here. A better idea would be to add one to your want to buy wishlist. Even better would be to go to your server's auction zone, or use the auction channel, and buy one online. Although, how a lvl 10 has 1000pp to spend on a weapon, I don't know. Furthermore, if you have 1kpp to spend, buy a good slashing weapon. centi shortsword will outdamage this, and is about 400pp. for 2 handed, you can pick up a mithril 2hander for about 500pp, and that will also outdamage this.

Leave these to the poor clerics and druids, who can't use the good slashing weapons.

Personally, I think this is a great weapon for me. I'm a 39 Druid, just bought it for 1k. When I solo I use it along with my ToV. When I'm in a group I use my Paw of Opolla and my ToV. I think the difference between WIS is not all that a big deal, especially when I can melee :). And as far as a Duid not using a weapon after 34 (or whatever lvl) that's purely a Druid's OWN choice. If a Druid is worth anything he/she will already have done thier part (DS/snare/dot/DD) in the group BEFORE they begin to melee.

Personally I think you need more wis. Youre not going to be hitting those higher lvl mobs. I likt it and all for now hoping to get Sheild of Bane Warding soon and paw of opolla. Thats 29 wis bud, Youre choice on DE and ToV.. but its alot less wis

I found this on the ground in The Maiden's Eye on the moon. It was one the Toiler hill so i thought maybe someone might have looted it and dropped it, which means they now drop on the moon. Can anyone confirm?

#Neion,
Posted:Mar 29 2002 at 9:46 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) I need one for my main and I am willing to do anything for one. I am on the Sullon Zek server and my name is Neion. Ive offered 10k to someone before. If ur quiting or anything plz notify me if u have this

#clichemaker,
Posted:Oct 24 2001 at 6:40 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) I will buy one of these on the Solusk Ro server and I am selling a velium etched Stone Mace send email to clichemaker@hotmail.com

Bah! I still have not seen anyone who knows what level this procs at. It was recently gifted to me by a good friend but it is on my 11th level cleric atm and will not proc. /sigh Will suck hard if I must wait til 25 or so for it to proc like Velium weapons!

although i got mine with royal jesters on MT (thanks guys =)) there is an easier way to pull this guy. invis yourself then go inside and target him, then go outside and pull him through the wall. although there are pathing errors here, it is easier than harmonizing your way in. wait by fort entrance for him to bash you a couple times =p. i camped here 10 hours, only gloves, 8 hours the next day only gloves. i hate this guy to say the least. no deaths though

Killed firbrand today and he had it.Real nice stuff.For druids who would try to get this,i think lvl 38 is fine.its easy.first bind next to left wall(when you look at fort in front of entrance).Then go and harmonize guards at first entrance,then second and any wandering around.go inside and harmonize mystics.then carefully target someone in blacksmith room and cast harmony.go closer and cast it again,make sure everyone inside is harmonized.then click on firbrand.gate.hug the wall and cast ensnare on him,then run.he should gate on you soon,and with some luck,with no adds.i didnt have any at all.then its easy,root dot or something,i dropped him in 3 drones of doom and one firestrike(level 41) and had still 60m left.

Some guy was selling this for only 1000pp by Freeport Bank which I didnt have the cash right then so he held it for 1 day and I sold my Spirit Tome for 1000pp(since the Tomes are easy to get in Kaesora I didnt mind) Now my question is that as a Cleric is this item worth having or should I just turn around and sell it for a profit and get something better? well anyways good hunting and safe journey to all.

As a primary slot item goes, I think the Cone of the Mystics fairs better in my opinion. 5ac, 5wis, 5int, and 50 mana I think outweighs the 20hp and 7sv fire... Plus, how often are you actually going to melee as a druid (well, over 24 anyway). Keep this as a weapon if you are soloing. If you run out of mana, and the mob is low enough in HP, you can beat it down..otherwise, there is no reason to have this as a druid. Take a Wraithbone hammer as back up..and sell this....

Um, read a little closer. Drunken Cleric. Of course, after the Cleric patch that is comming up, Clerics should be able to solo more so this might be better. As of now though, you are right about the Cone of Mystics being better. Just so you know, as a 46 Druid, I melee everytime a MOB gets low on hit points and starts just standing there. (Ensnare does that for you) Good hunting everyone.

#Qewlee,
Posted:Aug 28 2001 at 12:03 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) One of my characters has a Velium Glowing Axe. (2H Slashing) The glow helps with not having to carry a lightstone, but my primary character is a half elf Druid. I'm willing to trade the axe for a mule of this weapon to My druid (Qewlee.) Look for me on Cazic Thule if anyone is interested.

How can you say this thing sucks? It has a whopping 5 wisdom on it! Some other stats, but im not too crazy about those. Its 1hb, a reasonable dmg/dly, and a great cleric item :) I can not see why it is 2k... Although i think it might be from the rarity of it. Notice the Knobbed Warclub. 1k, and it only has 3 wisdom, not other anything. It is also a 8/24ish weapon. For an extra 1k, you get stat bonuses, and a weak proc. And also +2 more wisdom :) I have never seen this sell on xev, so it might be well past 2k, or well under, not sure here. I hope i shed some light on this weapon.

I have the Dark Ember with my Charred Guardian (wis +9, AC +10) shield and I think it's way better than Paw and Vanear. Even thou I'm a druid and don't melee much I'd still have to say it's a better combination if u ask me

Personally, I use two different setups. For groups, I use the paw, and testament. For soloing, which for me usually means farming green stuff for twinks, I use a centi warhammer, and my dread forged shield. Lose a lot of wis with it, but im usually just tanking down greens/lt blues when I am soloing, or camping a single mob, where running oom is less likely than getting beat to death (like Lord Grimrot in South Karana).

This thing procs a lot for me with only 90DEX, about 2 or 3 times a fight, considering that my 1HB is like 98 and my offense is only 106, I don't think that is to bad, anyway I love this thing, a great upgrade to my Springwood Club =)

Jade mace is better for Pallys and SKs...Dark Ember is better for Clr/Shm/Dru. Jade Mace will do more damage over a given period of time, but provides no stats. The wis casters suck at melee anyway, so the wis, hp, mana will be more important than the damage gained by using a jade mace.

Although, if you're a pally with high dexterity and a propensity for spells, the stats and proc of the ember look mighty appealing

Resuscitate is a lvl 39 spell (50% exp restoration)...which is often referred to by clerics as a "50% exp rez". It's pretty apparent that he's a cleric and you, a druid, feel it necessary to correct him on when HIS class receives their spells. Sheesh.

You didn't even "REZ" him... you merely Revived him. You are only 36th lvl, thus you can't "rez" a person till lvl 39!

Dude, you were WAAAAY lucky to get something like that! I know once I came upon a kind soul who bestowed on me Adamantium eapolets, CGS, and a Dwarven Sap. This is UBER to a 4th lvl cleric...heh... I leveled like 4 times more in one day... heh.. nice...

Rez is any spell in the line... anything else is just freakin semantics. There are 4 rezzes... all of them can and will be referred to as a "rez" by most of the EQ population. In this case a no-xp rez was better than making the freakin long ***** run from Everfrost to Innnothule... being a cleric also he used the right term. Read any of the sites describing the spells they all refer to Revive as the first spell in the ressurection line... it isnt that only xp rezzes can be deemed worthy of the term.

2 of these dropped last night of one spawn. He was duel weilding them! I know they're lore I tried to loot both. He spawned after the War was triggered in the 8th step of the Coldian Insignia Ring quest. This was a real loot feast! We got 2 Dark Embers, the spear the chief drops, Orc Fang Necklaces, and an Oracle Shield. And we didn't even kill a tenth of what spawned! Needless to say with some of the high level Orcs and gaints dead the Dwarves whipped out the orcs!!! :)

I'll be damned, i traded this for blackened crystalline robes and have been kicking myself ever since! The fact that i play a druid is even more reason to do so... *sigh* thought the BCR was worth more and was trying to earn a little cash = (

I got one the other day, but I might use it to improve my one hand blunt which is about it. I have a Granite Face Grinder which pounds Jade Mace, this and alot of others into the ground.. Granite Face Grinder: +10 Wis, +10 Int, +10 Str 29dmg 36 dly..There is some other stat, but I forget.. I think it is the first stage of Alzheimers (sorry I think my spelling went too..).

I was medding to solo gate stuff when i saw him on track. I will spare the war stories. I am 44 ranger and was able to harmony everything on the path to him and oull him solo. He was about as tough as a cent. Luckily he respawned and I got both the gloves and DE in 25 mins.

I was helping a guild member finish the quest that takes place in the orc fort. We sat in the Blacksmith room and waited for the puller. While he was pulling Firbrand spawned in the room. He dropped the Gloves and the Dark Ember.

In about 10 minutes time, We got Dark Ember, Gloves of the black, Chill Spear (off of the chief), and a really kewl looking shield that drops off of the Oracles that added to wisdom.

At the end of it all I was given the Dark Ember needless to say, my level 13 cleric was very happy indeed.

I wouldn't have paid 8k for this item, because I don't have 8k to spend.

However, my guild took 8 people, 40-55, to the Rygorr fort, with the specific goal of getting me a pair of Gauntlets of the Black. 4 hours there, and as we were leaving, Firebrand the Black FINALLY spawned, and dropped the Fire Ember.

Rare? Maybe we were lucky. Our group got 4 of them in 6 hours including 2 in a row. The gloves only dropped twice in that period. Great Weapon! We had 2 groups of 6 ranging from 35 - 49 and were able to maintain camps in Blacksmith and Cheif room (better have 2 chanters tho....)

was this recently, or when SOV first released? I got my DE within the first 2 weeks of release, along with about 100 other people in the zone. They were rotting or being given away to the first person to show. But sinced Verant nerfed the spawn on all good stuff in EW (and elsewhere in Vel i assume) the DE is very uncommon. In fact, after camping the chief area for several days in a row, I only saw one drop.

#Anonymous,
Posted:Jan 28 2001 at 2:02 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Thats all you're gonna get from trying to sell this weapon. Or at least thats all i've gotten from clerics. "NOO this weapon isn't worth 8k! its only worth 2k!" or "You're so crazy! its so easy to get its not worth what you want in trade!" or "Here take this ry'gorr armor and other items for trade! -I'm not interested in that- *SIGH* you're so crazy! All of this is worth ten times the amount of dark ember!! -Thats nice but i'm not interested in what you have to offer- *SIGH* you don't know anything!!"

#Anonymous,
Posted:Feb 01 2001 at 6:37 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Well say what you want idiot but its not easy to get. The spawn is rare adn the item is rare your lucky to see one drop once each real day. I don't care what the price says i would never sell for less than 10k it is arguably the best cleric weapon out there except for the epic. It took 2weeks for me to get one and that was camping the spawn for 10hours a day. If you avtually have anything intelligent to say please do but untill then dont post. (and yes there are spelling errors ive been up for 19hours)

Well, for many druids, this is a great upgrade from for example velium etched stone mace. Not that druids ever do serious melee, but because druids often solo alot.

In a solo situation this weapon is good against a low level caster mob, as you have a good ratio and interupt his casting. Also, as im sure any soloing druid would agree, a decent weapon is good for saving mana after root/DOT when the snared mob turn their back after last root break, or for finishing the last stubborn mob from the quadkite.

lol, I recieved one of these last night from a close friend upgrading from my Velium Etched Stone Mace. The wis enabled me to wear some gear with more AC/HP/Mana/resists without dropping below 200 wis. The other great thing about this is I hit for 37 - great for taking out those pesky undead that think they may stand a chance at taking you... :)

#Anonymous,
Posted:May 27 2001 at 5:06 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) So what you're saying is it's a weapon with a proc that we will in fact use, because you'll always get aggroed by bixies and skeletons regardless of level, a weight that's pretty much the same as every other 1HB, and it gives better wisdom than most weapons.